Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para has sharply criticized the National Conference (NC) for passing a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and statehood at its party headquarters, Nawai-i-Subh, instead of the Legislative Assembly.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Para wrote, “So, the National Conference, armed with a brute mandate of 50 MLAs, passed a resolution on special status and statehood—not in the J&K Assembly, where such matters belong, but in its party office, Nawai-i-Subh. Let that sink in. What’s next? A cabinet meeting in the party office?”
Para’s remarks have sparked a fresh political debate, highlighting concerns over the symbolic and constitutional weight of such resolutions being passed outside the formal legislative framework. The National Conference, which recently secured a strong mandate, has yet to respond to the criticism.
Earlier National Conference Central Working Committee passed seven resolutions including immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
